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[Colin Watson <cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've uploaded the patch in question to lucid-proposed for review.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: dpkg
- 
- from http://bugs.debian.org/574097:
+ From http://bugs.debian.org/574097:
  
  ".dsc files haven't always had a Format field.  It was introduced in
  dpkg 1.6.13, in May 2000.  This means that it's still not entirely
  implausible to run across source packages without Format"
  
- I would hope to see Colin's patch backported to lucid
+ This means that it isn't always possible to unpack old source packages
+ on lucid, which can be inconvenient when doing archaeology.
+ 
+ Details of the fix, including the patch, are available in the linked
+ Debian bug.  This fix is in maverick via Debian.
+ 
+ TEST CASE: Download the source package from
+ http://snapshot.debian.org/package/nethack-spoilers/3.2.2-1/ and attempt
+ to unpack it using 'dpkg-source -x nethack-spoilers_3.2.2-1.dsc'.
+ 
+ I see little potential for regressions, but it would be worth double-
+ checking that some other modern .dsc file can still be unpacked.

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dpkg-dev: can't unpack old packages without Format field
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/632280
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